UKRAINIAN AND POLISH CUSTOMS OFFICIALS MEETING

On January 24th, 2012 a working meeting of Ukrainian and Polish customs services delegations was held in Lviv. The meeting was headed by the chairman of the State Customs Service of Ukraine, Igor Kaletnikov and deputy minister of finance – the general director of the customs service of the Republic of Poland, Jacek Kapitsa. The Chairman of Lviv oblast state administration Mykhailo Kostiuk and representatives from city hall also participated in the meeting. During the meeting a protocol pertaining to the most salient agreements was signed. Of particular importance was the pilot project regarding implementation of control of empty vehicles using the “Fast Way” at the “Krakovets-Korcheva” international check point exiting Ukraine into Poland. The importance of the work of services, aimed at accelerating the transfer of empty vehicles across the state border by providing separate traffic lanes, in addition to the implementation of their joint control on the territory of one of the states, was emphasised. Head of Lviv regional state administration Kostyuk, stated that “Lviv and the Lviv region is preparing to become a tourist base of Ukraine”. He further stated “All of the positive publicity which the region will receive during Euro-2012, will promote the further development of tourism. We hope that the road to Europe, once the customs transitions have been implemented, will provide the first step towards a common European community for us”.